La vida e bem

[fivemack]

Ah, this is the life. I am sitting in a perfect glass-and-white-steel cafe on the Belem seafront, sipping lemonade, eating what appears to be seaweed soup, and looking out at the green hills across the Teju. I've just visited the Geronimo Monastery, whose carved-marble cloisters are of more than Mughal absurd intricacy, and whose upper room contains a marvellous polycultural timeline of the world, the monastery and Portugal.

Lisbon is a city built on hills, and therefore a city of panoramas: I'll have several dozen megabytes of photos to feed to Hugin when I get home.

If only I were better at convincing my friends to accompany me to far cities ...

Comments

[emperor]

Belem is very picturesque :)

more than Mughal absurdity

[htfb.livejournal.com]

If you have time to go to Sintra, make sure to visit the Quinta De Regaleira.

[lnr]

It's fabulous isn't it? We had remarkably wet weather at Belem (*seriously* drenched walking over to the Monastery) but it was still well worth it. There's a cafe just near the main road there (and the pedestrian bridge over it) which had the most incredibly tame sparrows outside.

Lisbon's castle is great too, it's a *proper* castle, and like you say has incredible views.

[hatam-soferet.livejournal.com]

zomg, swoon. That sounds glorious.

[(Anonymous)]

Well you never asked - Lisbon is on our list of places to go at some point. Look forward to seeing the photos. Ed.